Rolling a crit in a skill test

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FitFitNitMin
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If a character rolls a crit for a skill test (athletics or stealth) but still only gets 1SL is still still just a basic pass or a more impressive critical pass? Is this better than getting 4SL for instance?
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Orin J.
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Nah, skill tests do not provoke criticals (barring any homebrew the GM may add to the campaign). crits are strictly a combat thing.
FitFitNitMin
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Cheers, using Roll20 and it shows crits on skill tests too which confused me
adambeyoncelowe
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There is an optional rule that allows Crits outside of combat to count as an Astounding Success (=+6 SLs). We use that, just because it makes things a bit more interesting.
yoroba
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We do the same (and with fumbles). It gives more flavour and often leads to hilarious situations :-)
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